Ow, my brain

I went out last night to London, with my Father, a colleague of his, an old family friend and my brother Mike. We went for a couple of drinks outside the Shakespeare's head next to Carnaby Street (you can tell you're next to Carnaby Street by the huge signs saying "Carnaby Street" reassuring you that you're safe to spend your tourist money and take your tourist pictures). We then went on to a very nice Chinese restaurant in Chinatown, where we had a set meal with far, far too much food in it.

I was being fairly cautious, because I've lost most of my tolerance for alcohol in the last few years, due to not drinking much at all. I therefore stuck to a vodka lemonade and a vodka+Red Bull. I didn't realise that the drinking group (which gets together on an infrequent basis) traditionally buys doubles when ordering spirits. By the time we left the pub I was feeling wobbly and slightly unable to walk. My head hurt somewhat when I awoke this morning. Fortunately, a mere 45 minutes later I feel human again and am even contemplating breakfast.

Pride

I just bumped into this Kuro5hin article announcing the forrmation of the AI Interface Standards Committee. Mildly interesting you might think. But made altogether more so by the fact that if you check the committee members list you'll see Mike Ducker a couple of times. Which would be the Mike who got drunk with me last night, and promised to take me to a games evening with his Lionhead games evening at some point. I feel rather proud.

Birthday

Here's a humorous strip to remind everyone that it's my birthday in less than a week, and that I'm having a quiet night in on the 30th to enjoy it. Details are here.